From Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth The town belonging to the colonized people, or at least…
The image of a village on its knees presents a population deprived of power and hope. The surrounding description reinforces vulnerability and despair; the crouching posture…
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From Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth
The town belonging to the colonized
people, or at least the native town, the
negro village, the medina, the reservation,
is a place of ill fame, peopled by men of
evil repute. They are born there, it matters
little where or how; they die there, it
matters not where, nor how. The native
town is a hungry town, starved of bread, of
meat, of shoes, of coal, of light. The native
town is a crouching village, town on its
knees, a town wallowing in the mire. The
look that the native turns on the settler is a
look of lust, of envy…. The colonized man
is an envious man. And this the settler
knows very well… It is true, for there is
no native who does not dream at least once
a day of setting himself up in the settler’s
place.
(From Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of
The Earth)
What does the term ‘crouching
village’ indicate ?
1. The latent aggressiveness of
the blacks
2. The defenselessness of the
people
3. Hopelessness and despair
4. Overflowing filth
Answer and explanation
Correct answer B
The image of a village on its knees presents a population deprived of power and hope. The surrounding description reinforces vulnerability and despair; the crouching posture alone does not establish an imminent attack.
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